Albinism Definition

ălbə-nĭzəm
noun
Congenital absence of any pigmentation or coloration in a person, animal, or plant, resulting in white hair and pink eyes in mammals.
American Heritage
The condition of being an albino.
Webster's New World
Any of several inherited conditions characterized by the reduction or absence of the pigment melanin in a person or animal, resulting in lack of pigmentation in the eyes, skin, and hair. Humans with albinism usually have vision problems.
American Heritage Medicine
Lack of chlorophyll in a plant or plant part, resulting in a pale color.
American Heritage Medicine

Congenital lack of melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (more rarely only in the eyes); the condition of being albino.

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Noun

Singular:
albinism
Plural:
albinisms

Origin of Albinism

  • French albinisme from German Albinismus from Albino albino from Portuguese albino

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From albino (from Latin albus/alba via Spanish and Portuguese albo/alba, "white") + -ism.

    From Wiktionary

Albinism Sentence Examples

  • In the condition known as albinism there is a congenital deficiency or entire absence of pigment.

  • We may assume that increased stature and breadth imply some sort of inherent physical superiority, and if such an assumption is valid we have in man evidence that albinism is correlated not with constitutional defectiveness but with greater perfectness.

  • Genetic counseling should be considered for individuals with a family history of albinism.

  • Before we can inquire into the cause and meaning of albinism it will be necessary first to consider the nature of pigmentation.

  • An albino is a homozygote; that is, all its gametes are carrying the character of albinism and none of them bear the alternative character - the allelomorph - of pigmentation.

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